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Teenagers have a hard time reading one another’s tones of voice: But when it comes to understanding adult tones of voice — they are right on!

August 29, 2018 Child Psychology, K-12 Education, Learning Disorders, Mental Health, parenting, Perception, psychology, Social Psychology

Your teenage daughter gets into a shouting match with another kid at school. It turns out that it may have

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The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe light

August 24, 2018 Behavioral Science, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Endangered Animals, Learning Disorders, Monkeys, Nature, Perception, psychology

You don’t focus as well as you think you do. That’s the fundamental finding of a team of researchers from

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How brains of doers differ from those of procrastinators: Procrastination is the thief of time. Not everyone finds this fact deterring. Two different brain areas might be the reason for this

August 23, 2018 Brain-Computer Interfaces, Intelligence, Medical Devices, Medical Topics, Nervous System, Neuroscience, psychology, Psychology Research

Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have analysed why certain people tend to put tasks off rather than tackling them directly. Using

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Irony is the new black

August 22, 2018 Behavior, Borderline Personality Disorder, Consumer Behavior, Consumerism, Popular Culture, psychology, Retail and Services, Surveillance

A giddy tween wearing a Justin Bieber t-shirt at a Justin Bieber concert — not too surprising. But what about

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CEOs paid less than peers more likely to engage in layoffs, research finds

August 21, 2018 Child Psychology, Consumer Behavior, Consumerism, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, Industrial Relations, psychology, Scientific Conduct

CEOs who are paid less than their peers are four times more likely to engage in layoffs, according to research

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Study: Older people less apt to recognize they’ve made a mistake: New research shows older people recognize errors less often than younger people

August 4, 2018 Behavior, Child Development, Child Psychology, Intelligence, Mental Health, Neuroscience, Perception, psychology

The older you get, the less apt you may be to recognize that you’ve made an error. In a new

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Science fiction enthusiasts have a positive attitude to the digitizing of the brain

July 13, 2018 Artificial Intelligence, Brain Tumor, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Intelligence, Medical Devices, Neural Interfaces, psychology, Psychology Research, Robotics

“Mind upload is a technology rife with unsolved philosophical questions,” says researcher Michael Laakasuo. “For example, is the potential for

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The psychology of roller coasters

July 11, 2018 coasters, of, psychology, roller, the

Roller coasters may seem like a very modern type of entertainment – constantly getting bigger, faster and scarier thanks to

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Mandatory labels reduce GMO food fears

July 5, 2018 Agriculture and Food, Consumer Behavior, Consumerism, Food and Agriculture, Genetically Modified, Nutrition Research, psychology, Retail and Services, Social Issues

As the U.S. Department of Agriculture prepares guidelines for labeling products that contain genetically modified ingredients, a new study from

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What Is A Nervous Breakdown – And Could You Be At Risk?

July 3, 2018 anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, nervous breakdown, psychology, stress

Britney Spears infamously experienced one back in 2007, along with a slew of other celebrities including Amanda Bynes, Mariah Carey,

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